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Peter Robson — Common Property, Te Horo At Christmas I ate the best strawberry of my life. Not “good for organic.” Not “pretty decent.” The best. Ever. The first time I tried them was from Commonsense Organics in Mt Eden. I went back the following week to buy more. They were
A practical guide to what they are, why they differ, and how to find them Organic eggs are not simply a premium version of regular eggs. They come from a different farming system altogether. In New Zealand most eggs come from controlled indoor or large free-range operations designed for consistent
Monavale Blueberries Ltd Monavale Road, Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand BioGro Licence: 511 Monavale Blueberries is widely regarded as the largest certified organic blueberry grower in New Zealand and one of the biggest organic blueberry orchards in Australasia. Operating on the Moanatuatua peat plains near Cambridge, the orchard spans roughly 44
Fluoride is always discussed as a concentration. 0.7 parts per million A trace mineral Practically nothing That description only makes sense if you live for one day. Humans live for decades. And decades convert concentration into quantity. The Real Exposure Typical fluoridated water: about 0.7–1.0 mg
(And what it still cannot escape) Certified organic systems are designed to remove categories of inputs entirely, not merely keep them under limits. Instead of “how much residue is acceptable”, the philosophy becomes “which interventions should not happen at all”. Below is a practical breakdown. 1. Veterinary Medicines Organic cattle
New Zealand beef has a strong food-safety record. Monitoring by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) consistently finds extremely high compliance with residue standards. Most muscle meat contains little to no detectable residues, and exceedances are rare. But “safe” does not mean “nothing ever touched the animal.” Cattle live on
These companies form the hidden infrastructure of organics. Most people think they buy from a farm. In reality they buy through one of these three. They connect grower → distributor → retailer → you. 1) Purefresh Organic Category: Fresh produce distributor (fruit & veg backbone of supermarkets) Who they are * One of New
Walk into Woolworths and you’ll see it everywhere. Glass jars. Clean labels. Soft earthy colours. Olive oil from Spain. Spices from India. Blueberries from New Zealand. Free-range eggs. All under one name: Macro It looks like a food brand. It sounds like a food philosophy. But Macro is something
Walk through a supermarket and the story appears obvious: * Regular food = normal price * Organic food = expensive alternative But historically, biologically, and agriculturally… that picture is backwards. Organic food is simply food produced using the methods humans relied on for thousands of years. The modern system is the recent experiment. So
How Much Exists and Where It Goes New Zealand produces an enormous amount of milk each year — roughly 21–22 billion litres annually. Organic milk is a very small part of that. Estimates suggest around 100–130 million litres of organic milk are produced each year. That works out to
The Invisible Ingredient Behind Modern Cheese Cheese feels like one of the oldest foods we eat. Milk, cultures, salt and time. But the step that actually turns milk into cheese depends on a very specific enzyme: chymosin. Traditionally this came from the stomach of young ruminants and was known as